Because there are so many shows on and because I’ve been so hands-on – I’ve had a piece on almost every single week – I don’t know how to cut back on that. You really can’t.
BARBARA WALTERSI didn’t get ahead by sleeping with people. Girls, take heart!
More Barbara Walters Quotes
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A job is not a career. I think I started out with a job. It turned into a career and changed my life.
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Most attractive males talk to most attractive women as if they were Rotarians comparing sales percentages in Des Moines.
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No one could ad lib like Peter. You would think that it was all scripted, he was so poetic, but it wasn’t.
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Don’t let the bastards get you down.
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Most old people … are disheartened to be living in the ailing house of their bodies, to be limited physically and economically, to feel an encumbrance to others – guests who didn’t have the good manners to leave when the party was over.
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Show me someone who never gossips, and I’ll show you someone who isn’t interested in people.
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Don’t confuse being stimulating with being blunt.
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Large cocktail parties are an infamous technique for ridding yourself of social obligations to people you usually don’t know well or like much, which is such an unpromising beginning that I’ve rarely known one that recovered and turned into a great party.
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The news media in general are liberals.
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Celebrities used to be found in clusters, like oysters – and with much the same defensive mechanisms.
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And I really do believe that the most important thing is the way you live your life on earth. But I think it’s enormously comforting to believe that you’re going to see your loved ones.
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Children are God’s way of punishing us for having sex.
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A great many people think that polysyllables are a sign of intelligence and refinement so they think they will impress others with their command of obscure words.
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To excel is to reach your own highest dream. But you must also help others, where and when you can, to reach theirs. Personal gain is empty if you do not feel you have positively touched another’s life.
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The news media in general are liberal. If you want to be a reporter, you are going to see poverty and misery, and you have to be involved in the human condition.
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